List of Famous people who born in 1927

Ragnar Sigurd Ulfung is a Norwegian operatic tenor. Described in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians as "a brilliant actor with an incisive voice", he was particularly known for his portrayals of Herod (Salome) and Mime. He is also an opera director. Amongst the productions he has directed was a complete Ring cycle for the Seattle Opera.

Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."

William Mong Man-wai GBS was the chairman of the Shun Hing Group, the distributor of Matsushita products in Hong Kong.

Wen Jieruo is a Chinese translator, author and editor. She translated literature from English and Japanese to Chinese. Wen is a member of China Writers Association and Chinese Translation Association. She is fluent in both English and Japanese.